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Full-Blown Riots Erupt as Occupy Oakland Gets Out of Control Overnight
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What is happening? Can anyone describe?
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 3602834 Just a bunch of college kids yelling "F the police," and the cops using fear gas to disperse the crowd, after warning them to disperse on their own, or they would get gassed. I didn't see any actual violence in the video. Just some kids yelling and running away from the tear gas. Quoting: Oubliette You are wrong about your assessment of it just being college kids... way wrong. You didnt see any violence? So what do you call the police shooting tear gas at children and the elderly folks that were standing up for their(and incidentally your rights). Not to mention the "rubber" bullets that were used on a peaceful protest. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 2386473 From the videos posted, I saw a large crowd blocking off access to a street. Without a permit, that becomes disturbing the peace. Screaming obscenities with the intent to incite violence is disturbing the peace. Disturbing the peace is illegal. They aren't 'standing up for my rights'. If and when I choose to protest a cause, I'll make sure I actually do it peacefully and in accordance with local laws. What the police were doing is called 'crowd dispersement'. They gave fair warning. They told the crowd to leave the area in x amount of time, or they would begin using gas and other non-lethal means of getting them out. I didn't see a single shred of evidence of police brutality in those videos. Those kids were evicted from a plaza that they were illegally occupying, and they came back to attempt to re-occupy another area illegally. It's not helping anyone's 'cause' if the protesters are acting like a bunch of lunatics.
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